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<h1>Adjective Practice Exercises</h1>

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<h2 id="part1">Vocabulary used in this section</h2>
In the following exercises, we will practice the conjugations for adjectives. But first, you might want to learn
or review the following useful adjectives that will be used in the exercises.

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<span class="summary">Kanji</span>
<br />I have listed the kanji you will need for the vocabulary for your convenience. The link will take you to a diagram of the stroke order.
However, it doesn't clearly show the direction (though you can kind of tell by the animation) so you should check with a kanji dictionary if you're not sure.
I recommend practicing the kanji in the context of real words (such as the ones below).
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<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2087_%CC%CC">面</a> - mask; face</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?3493_%C7%F2">白</a> - white</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2983_%CD%AD">有</a> - exist</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2169_%CC%BE">名</a> - name</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0636_%B7%F9">嫌</a> - hate</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0208_%B9%A5">好</a> - like</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?1728_%C0%C5">静</a> - quiet</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2826_%B3%DA">楽</a> - music; comfort</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0027_%C0%DA">切</a> - cut</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2038_%BF%C9">辛</a> - spicy; bitter</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?1292_%CE%C1">料</a> - materials</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0970_%CD%FD">理</a> - reason</li>
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<span class="summary">Vocabulary</span>
<br />Here is a list of some simple adjectives (and one noun) that might be used in the exercises.
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<li>きれい - pretty; neat</li>
<li>いい - good</li>
<li>かっこいい - cool; good-looking</li>
<li>面白い 【おもしろい】 - interesting</li>
<li>有名 【ゆうめい】 - famous</li>
<li>嫌い 【きらい】 - dislike; hate</li>
<li>好き 【すき】 - like</li>
<li>大きい 【おおきい】 - big</li>
<li>小さい 【ちいさい】 - small</li>
<li>静か 【しずか】 - quiet</li>
<li>高い 【たかい】 - high; expensive</li>
<li>楽しい 【たのしい】 - fun</li>
<li>大切 【たいせつ】 - important</li>
<li>辛い 【からい】 - spicy</li>
<li>料理 【りょうり】 - cuisine</li>
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<h2 id="part2">Conjugation Exercise</h2>
We are now going to practice the adjectives conjugations in order.
Take each adjective and conjugate it to the following forms: the declarative (when applicable), negative, past, and negative past. In order to emphasize
the fact that you can't use the declarative 「だ」 with i-adjectives, you should just  write "n/a" (or just leave it blank) when a conjugation does not apply.

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		<td>plain</td><td>declarative</td><td>negative</td><td>past</td><td>negative-past</td>
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		<td>面白い</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">面白くない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">面白かった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">面白くなかった</span></td>
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		<td>有名</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">有名だ</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">有名じゃない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">有名だった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">有名じゃなかった</span></td>
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		<td>嫌い</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">嫌いだ</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">嫌いじゃない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">嫌いだった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">嫌いじゃなかった</span></td>
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		<td>好き</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">好きだ</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">好きじゃない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">好きだった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">好きじゃなかった</span></td>
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		<td>大きい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大きくない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大きかった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大きくなかった</span></td>
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		<td>きれい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">きれいだ</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">きれいじゃない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">きれいだった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">きれいじゃなかった</span></td>
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		<td>小さい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">小さくない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">小さかった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">小さくなかった</span></td>
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		<td>いい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">よくない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">よかった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">よくなかった</span></td>
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			<td>静か</td>
			<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">静かだ</span></td>
			<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">静かじゃない</span></td>
			<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">静かだった</span></td>
			<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">静かじゃなかった</span></td>
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		<td>高い</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">高くない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">高かった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">高くなかった</span></td>
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		<td>かっこいい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">かっこよくない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">かっこよかった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">かっこよくなかった</span></td>
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		<td>楽しい</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">n/a</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">楽しくない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">楽しかった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">楽しくなかった</span></td>
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		<td>大切</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大切だ</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大切じゃない</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大切だった</span></td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">大切じゃなかった</span></td>
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<h2 id="part3">Sentence completion exercise</h2>
Now that we've practiced the basic conjugations for adjectives, we are going to practice using them in actual sentences using the particles covered in the
last section.

<h3>Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective or particle</h3>

<b>Sample:</b>
<br />Ｑ）　学生？
<br />Ａ）　ううん、<u>学生じゃない</u>。

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	<td>ジム）　アリス、今<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　は　</span></span>忙しい？</td>
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	<td>アリス）　ううん、<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　忙しくない　　</span></span>。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　何<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　が　</span></span>楽しい？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ゲーム<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　が　</span></span>楽しい。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　大切な　　</span></span>人は誰？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ジム<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　が　</span></span>大切だ。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　辛い　　</span></span>料理は、好き？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ううん、辛くない料理<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　が　</span></span>好きだ。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　ジム<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　は　</span></span>、かっこいい人？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ううん、<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　かっこよくない　　</span></span>。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　ボブは、<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　有名な　　</span></span>人？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ううん、有名じゃない。</td>
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	<td>アリス）　昨日のテストは、よかった？</td>
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	<td>ボブ）　ううん、<span class="answerline"><span class="hide">　　よくなかった　　</span></span>。</td>
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